Account Director from the world of Brand and Advertising here (agency-side). 10 YOE. Looking seriously into making the switch to Product Management (Client-side) as I want to dive deeper into business/logistics/R&D. I’m a Business Development pro, and play key strategy roles in everything from customer journey, to persona dev, to comms and channel strat, to brand and campaign dev. Question: What should I be reading (books/blogs/etc) to get smart on all the skills I lack? Thanks!

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In general, it sounds like you have a lot of really applicable skills from the customer/marketing oriented side of product roles. Where you perhaps lack is in experience working with engineering/dev teams, which different companies place varying levels of emphasis on.

Is that an accurate/fair statement? Want to get your take first, then I might have suggestions on where to focus energy to learn more.

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PM1: Exactly. I have minimal experience sitting side-by-side with digital dev (apps, SaaS, front-end/back-end) acting on behalf of a client. Not necessarily driving product development/innovation. Not sure if that’s relevant, but thought I’d mention.

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